by Drick Boyd | Nov 9, 2020 | Featured
On Saturday, November 7 I was heading to downtown Philadelphia to take part in a “Protect the Vote” rally. As I came through West Philadelphia around 11:45, I heard people cheering, banging pots jumping up and down and dancing in the street. Something had happened. I...
by Drick Boyd | Oct 28, 2020 | Featured
As I write this there is the second night of protests in response to the police killing of 27-year-old Walter Wallace Jr. in West Philadelphia. If ever there was an argument for defunding the police and redistributing those funds to mental health services, this is it....
by Drick Boyd | Oct 12, 2020 | Featured
Today (October 11) is Indigenous People’s Day. Formerly called Columbus Day, this day has gained increasing recognition as we have become aware of the atrocities against indigenous people by Columbus and later the American colonists. Today seven states recognize...
by Drick Boyd | Sep 21, 2020 | Featured
Donald Trump’s Confusion Donald Trump is confused. Just before Labor Day he criticized programs dealing with white privilege and critical race theory and said he didn’t think that institutional racism exists in his government. Months earlier had admitted to Bob...
by Drick Boyd | Sep 8, 2020 | Featured
The Memo On Friday, September 4, 2020 President Trump had a memo sent out from the White House Office of Management and Budget directing all Federal agencies to cancel any and all antiracism trainings. He referred to these trainings as un-American, divisive...
by Drick Boyd | Sep 6, 2020 | Featured
He denied the Russians interfered in the 2016 elections; Robert Mueller proved they did. He denied that there was such a thing as climate change, and yet during his years in office there have more and stronger storms and wildfires than ever before, proving it does...
